Where does “măturișcă” come from?

măturișcă (Romanian) comes from Romanian mătură, from Italian maturare, from Latin maturo, from Latin maturus, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂- — good, great; timely, opportune; wet, damp.

măturișcă (Romanian): sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua)

Definitions

  1. sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua)

Ancestry of “măturișcă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmăturăbroom
2Italianmaturareto ripen, reap; to mature; to accrue
3LatinmaturoI ripen, make ripe, bring to maturity; I mature,...
4Latinmaturusmature, full-grown; ripe; early, soon
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂-good, great; timely, opportune; wet, damp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂- →Every word from Latin maturus →Every word from Latin maturo →